Tadepalligudem railway station (station code:TDD) located in the Indian state of

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Tadepalligudem Tadepalligudem is a city in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a Selection Grade municipality and the mandal headquarters of Tadepalligudem mandal in Bhimavaram revenue division. Tadepalligudem is the second ...

in West Godavari district. It is administered under

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History

Between 1893 and 1896, of the

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was opened for traffic. The southern part of the West Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Tadepalligudem is categorized as a ''Non-Suburban Grade-4 (NSG-4)'' railway station. Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–4 category station earns between – crore and handles passengers. The station is one of the

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s available in this division Passenger lifts are available on both Platform 1 and Platform 2 It is one of the 38 stations in the division to be equipped with Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs).

References

{{Railway stations in Andhra Pradesh Railway stations in West Godavari district Vijayawada railway division